After blocking a bid to readmit the exiled MP to the party on Friday and later saying the matter was 'resolved', Pesutto says it's now clear there's an 'absolute majority' of party MPs who want her return.
A backflipping John Pesutto will seek to paper over huge division in the Victorian Liberals and save his leadership by backing a motion to welcome back exiled MP Moria Deeming. A day after saying the party was "moving on", the state Opposition leader announced it was clear a "definite absolute majority" of party MPs wanted the hard-right MP readmitted.
Friday's motion failed as it required more than half of the party's 30 members to pass, and two MPs were absent. Pesutto used his casting vote to break a 14-14 tie. Deeming, who remains a Liberal party member but sits as an independent MP in the state's upper house, used an interview on Saturday to call for the leader's head.
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